Method of treating and forming artificial fuels



Patented Sept. 4, 1928. I v I it 1,683,061

UNITED STATES PATENT FFIQE.

HERBERT E. WETHERBEE, OF CLEVELAND, DHIO, ASSIGNOR F ONE-THIRD TO RICHARD F. GRANT AND ONE-THIRD TO HOVJAILD MI. HANNA, BOTH OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

METHOD OF TREATINGANID FORMING ARTIFICIAL FUELS.

No Drawing. Application filed October 1, 1925. Serial No. 59,963.

My invention relates to improvements in applied to the fuel particles and the maximethod of treating and forming artificial mum binding effect is obtained for a small fuels and the resultant fuel produced therepercentage of the filming binding oil. 5. by; the object of my invention being to Any suitable mixing device or agitator produce a fuel preferably from varying may be used for this purpose. The coatsmall sizes of anthracite which shall be coming operation progresses rapidly so that a mercially available for domestic and other minute film of oil forms over each of the use. Water coated particles by almost immediate CU Hitherto, difliculty has been experienced displacement thereof, thereby forming a surin using varying and coarser sizes of anthraface oil film 011 each particle of the anthracite for briquetting by reason of the fact cite. that continued adhesion of these irregular Any excess water apparent from this dissizes could not be obtained and such efforts placement operation is then drained off and as have been made along these lines resulted the product may be introduced immediately i a, f l th t; a commercially unsatisto a briquetting machine for producin f t briquettes of any desired size. These bri A di l I h di t d my efforts quettes prefer-ably are subjected to a modertoward the proper treatment of anthracite ate heating or drying action in order to has by combining the irregular sizes and culm ten production and insure oxidation or solidiwith a suitable binder, which I have found tying of the oil film or binder, thereby 0bin the oxidizing or drying oils, i. e., prefertaming satisfactory adhesion of the mass.

ably oils that will thicken under atmospheric It is my understanding that the oxidized action alone, or augmented by heat, if deor solidified oil binder will burn approxisired, in order to hasten the action thereof. ately the same as the adherent anthracite 25 As an example of my improved process, particles. In consequence, the briquettes I ay state that with a given quantity of the produced in accordance with my invention finer breaker products of anthracite, come equally satisfactory for purposes of prising roughly a major imbedding content ansportation and combustion, which is not of Culm and twenty per Cent 0%) h f the case where some classes of binders are 0 Nos. 1, 2 and 8 buckwheat, for example, I u ed.

combine approximately two and one-half While I have above instanced the use of cent 1 by i ht f any it bl suitable oils for practicing my invention oxidizing or drying oil, such as th l w I do not wish to be understood as necessarily P15 grades of i d 11 hj d 1] t t d limiting the same to the somewhat expansive resin 11 h lt 11 even l tar ddrying or semi-drying oils, since the same ucts, preferably purchasing a product that C({ntemlflateS y Suitable fluid binder that may not otherwise be used in the arts, for W111 Produce a Potentially adherent film I111 my instant purpose. dcr the conditions of using the moist anthra My instant process has h b i dcite without artificial drying, and treatin 40 Vantagg and economy f ki il bl the same and briquetting as above described the finer anthracite products just as they Haymg 110W described the Preferred P Come from th b k ith t d i b t cedure for practicing my instant invention permitting the excess water to escape, where- I (31mm as new and desire to Secure y Let-7 upon h i t t i dd d th t d ters Patent, together with such modifications thorough and complete agitation of the mixa to Procedure and ingredients, as y be ture is accomplished at normal temperature. pp y one Ordinarily Skilled n the alt:

The said process primarily is dependent up- The herein r ed method for coaon the principle of displacing th Water lescmg irregular small sizes of anthracite ti or fil upon th bdi id d -tiand the like, which consists in treatin a 50 deg 0f anthracite an oil film, owing t mass thereof in moistened condition with a th greater tt' t o dh n f th suitable filming oil to displace the water latter, whereby the 011 evenly covers or is and thereafter effecting the drying of said 7 oil to insure its adherent action, substantially as set forth. Y

2. The herein described method of filming carbon particles to insure adhesion thereof, which consists in treating the same in moistened condition with a small percentage of filming oil capable of readily dryingat relatively lo temperatures and subjecting bodies of the mass to pressure to induce adhesion thereof, substantially as set forth.

3. In a process for treating artificial fuels preliminary to briquetting the same, the step of subjectingthe particles of fuel While is moist condition to the action of a filming oil, substantially as set forth.

4. The process of treating mixed particles of carbonaceous fuel While in moistened condition With a filming oxidiz able oil and effecting their agglomeration thereby, substantially as set forth.

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5. The herein described artificial fuel,

comprising particles of carbonaceous matesmall sizes of carbonaceous material, the

particles of which are coalesced b a filmed oxidizable binder evenl applied t iroughout to the surfaces forth th -wt u sta a ly a s t Intestimony whereof I do now aflix IIERBERT E. VVETHERBEE, 

